Seasons > Christmas > Decorations for the home > White Plastic Holly Wreath to Make

Dark doors present a challenge for hanging a wreath, because traditional wreaths tend to disappear against them. Here is a wreath that stands out well against a dark door. It is really cheap and relatively quick to make. (I think it took me about half an hour to glue the leaves on once they were cut out. ) The leaves are cut out of plastic bottles--A great way to recycle!

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The wreath can also be used as a centerpiece, with or without a candle. Be sure to put it on a dark tablecloth or runner.

Any soft white plastic container will work for making leaves for the wreath. Some examples might be a milk jug, an orange juice bottle, or even a coconut oil container. I cut out leaves free hand, but download the pattern if you don’t feel confident. Once you have a bunch of leaves cut out, fold them all in half to give them a vein running down the middle. Next, cut a hole out of the middle of a plastic plate. The plate should be soft enough to be able to cut with a box cutter or craft knife, but not so soft that it flops once the leaves are glue on. If you can’t find one of these, just cut a doughnut shaped base out of cardboard. Glue the leaves onto the base with a glue gun. Start with 3 or 4 in a row--as many as it takes to cover the width wreath from the inside edge of the hole, to the outside edge of the wreath. Keep gluing on rows of leaves, making sure you overlap the ends of the leaves from the previous row. Keep gluing on rows of leaves until the whole wreath is covered. Glue on red beads for berries in random clusters of 2-3 beads. These beads were purchased at a dollar store. Tie a bow and fasten it on with florist’s wire. If you don’t have a hook on your door, you can use mounting putty such as Fun-tack to hold it to the door. Another way to hang it would be to tie thread to the wreath that goes up over the door, and hang another wreath on the inside of the door. Just be sure that both wreaths are about the same weight.

Note: if you want to make the leaves shaped like holly leaves, cut 3 gouges out of both sides of each leaf. You can use a teaspoon to draw the indentations. It will look cool, but the time to make it will increase drastically.

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